Personal Care Implement
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsDaniel WAINLESS, Eduardo JIMENEZ
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Abstract
A personal care implement which may include a handle and a head. The handle may have a gripping portion, a neck portion, and a thumb grip portion located between the gripping portion and the neck portion. The thumb grip portion may be formed from a base member and a first grip member. The base member may include a cavity, a front surface having a first opening that forms a passageway into the cavity, and a first cantilevered tab extending across a portion of the first opening. The first grip member may be coupled to the base member. The first grip member may close the first opening in the front surface of the base member and overlie the first cantilevered tab.
Claims20
A personal care implement comprising:
- a handle comprising a gripping portion, a neck portion, and a thumb grip portion located between the gripping portion and the neck portion, the thumb grip portion comprising:
- a base member comprising a cavity, a front surface having a first opening that forms a passageway into the cavity, and a first cantilevered tab extending across a portion of the first opening;
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- a first grip member coupled to the base member, the first grip member closing the first opening in the front surface of the base member and overlying the first cantilevered tab.
A personal care implement comprising:
- a handle comprising a longitudinal axis, a front surface, a rear surface opposite the front surface, a cavity having a first opening in the front surface, and a first tab extending across at least a portion of the first opening;
- a first elastomeric membrane coupled to the handle, the first elastomeric membrane closing the first opening and overlying the first tab;
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- wherein the first tab is configured to flex into the cavity upon application of a first force onto the first elastomeric membrane in a first direction transverse to the longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.